malaria

Substantivin Dialogen belegt

//məˈlɛəɹi.ə//

A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

Substantiv

1
A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
2
altertümlichSupposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.

Herkunft

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

Formen

Plural: malarias

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malaria · A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

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